QLogic 8G RPM Firmware Update Release Notes

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The 8G firmware rpm needs to be installed using following command:

rpm -ivh --force --nodeps qlogic-firmware-<version>.noarch.rpm

Example:
#rpm -ivh --force --nodeps qlogic-firmware-8.05.00-1.noarch.rpm

After rpm installation, the following steps needs to be performed to make the Firmware active:

     * Create a backup of the existing boot image

          This can be done by the following steps:
	 
          Change directory to /boot
          # cd /boot

          Run ls command to identify the initrd or initramfs image
          # ls
	 
          For RHEL it should be initramfs and for SLES it should be initrd
	 
          Example on SLES:
          # ls initrd-4.4.73-default
	 
          Example on RHEL:
          # ls Initramfs-2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64.img
		  
          * Copy the initrd/initramfs file with .bak extension to create a backup

          Example:
	 
          For RHEL:
          # cp Initramfs-2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64.img Initramfs-2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64.img.bak
		  
          For SLES:
          # cp initrd-4.4.73-default initrd-4.4.73-default.bak
	 
          * Once backup is created verify that .bak exists by using ls command
          # ls *.bak
		  
     * Next Step, the user needs to rebuild the initrd boot image with mkinitrd or dracut command. 
	 
          For RHEL the initramfs can be rebuilt using command dracut -f
           
          Example:
          # dracut -f

          For SLES initrd can be rebuilt using mkinitrd command

          Example:
          # mkinitrd
		  
     * After the initrd or initramfs is rebuilt verify the new timestamp of the initrd/initramfs.img image using ls -ll command

          Example:
          # ls -ll
		  
     * Then reboot the server
          # reboot
		  
After the system is back online, the firmware version can be verified by the following command:

     # xxd /lib/firmware/ql2500_fw.bin | less

	 
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